Bill Text: NY S02392 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to child support for children attending a college ROTC program, a military college, a military preparatory school or one of the United States military academies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-09 - referred to judiciary [S02392 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S02392-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2392--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 22, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law and the family court act, in relation to child support for children attending a college ROTC program, a military college, a military preparatory school or one of the United States military academies THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph f of subdivision 1 of part B of section 236 of 2 the domestic relations law, as amended by chapter 281 of the laws of 3 1980, is amended to read as follows: 4 f. The term "child support" shall mean a sum paid pursuant to court 5 order or decree by either or both parents or pursuant to a valid agree- 6 ment between the parties for care, maintenance and education of any 7 unemancipated child under the age of twenty-one years. FOR PURPOSES OF 8 THIS PARAGRAPH, A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS WHO ATTENDS A 9 COLLEGE RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) PROGRAM, A MILITARY 10 COLLEGE, A MILITARY PREPARATORY SCHOOL OR ONE OF THE UNITED STATES MILI- 11 TARY ACADEMIES SHALL NOT BE DEEMED EMANCIPATED SOLELY FOR ATTENDING SUCH 12 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. 13 S 2. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1-b of section 240 14 of the domestic relations law, as added by chapter 567 of the laws of 15 1989, is amended to read as follows: 16 (2) "Child support" shall mean a sum to be paid pursuant to court 17 order or decree by either or both parents or pursuant to a valid agree- 18 ment between the parties for care, maintenance and education of any 19 unemancipated child under the age of twenty-one years. FOR PURPOSES OF 20 THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS WHO ATTENDS 21 A COLLEGE RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) PROGRAM, A MILITARY EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07787-02-5 S. 2392--A 2 1 COLLEGE, A MILITARY PREPARATORY SCHOOL OR ONE OF THE UNITED STATES MILI- 2 TARY ACADEMIES SHALL NOT BE DEEMED EMANCIPATED SOLELY FOR ATTENDING SUCH 3 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. 4 S 3. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 413 5 of the family court act, as amended by chapter 567 of the laws of 1989, 6 is amended to read as follows: 7 (2) "Child support" shall mean a sum to be paid pursuant to court 8 order or decree by either or both parents or pursuant to a valid agree- 9 ment between the parties for care, maintenance and education of any 10 unemancipated child under the age of twenty-one years. FOR PURPOSES OF 11 THIS SUBPARAGRAPH, A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS WHO ATTENDS 12 A COLLEGE RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS (ROTC) PROGRAM, A MILITARY 13 COLLEGE, A MILITARY PREPARATORY SCHOOL OR ONE OF THE UNITED STATES MILI- 14 TARY ACADEMIES SHALL NOT BE DEEMED EMANCIPATED SOLELY FOR ATTENDING SUCH 15 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. 16 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.